{"slug": "formerly-known-as", "title": "Formerly Known As", "summary": "New blog series aimed at tracking the frequent renaming and rebranding of technologies, services, and companies in the fields of Cloud, AI, and Web Development. The author explains that the series will explore topics such as old versus new names, reasons for rebranding, mergers, and the confusion these changes cause for beginners. The goal is to help readers understand the tech ecosystem by documenting its evolving nomenclature and history.", "body_md": "Tech changes fast.\nSometimes too fast.\nOne day you are confidently talking about a service, framework, tool, or company… and the next day it has a completely different name, a new logo, a rebrand announcement, and an updated pricing page. 😭\nThat is exactly why I am starting this series:\nA blog series where I keep up with the former names of current resources, services, platforms, tools, and technologies across Cloud, AI, Web Development, and Tech in general.\nBecause honestly?\nA huge part of learning tech is also learning its history.\nIf you have ever said things like:\n…then this series is for you, and mostly me.😂\nI am going to explore:\n1. Old names vs new names\n2. Why companies rebrand\n3. Mergers and acquisitions\n4. Product evolution\n5. Retired services\n6. Tech nostalgia\n7. The confusion these changes create for beginners\nAnd maybe most importantly:\nHow keeping up with naming changes helps us better understand the tech ecosystem.\nSome posts may be quick and fun.\nOthers may dive deeper into the history behind a platform or service.\nEither way, this series is for:\nThe internet never forgets old names…\nand apparently neither do we.\nNo particular frequency.\nNo particular theme.\nJust the renamed things that cross my mind...and my notifications.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/formerly-known-as", "canonical_source": "https://dev.to/ntombizakhona/formerly-known-as-2j2f", "published_at": "2026-05-20 11:25:01+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-20 11:34:13.190631+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools", "cloud-computing", "products", "startups", "enterprise-software"], "entities": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/formerly-known-as", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/formerly-known-as.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/formerly-known-as.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/formerly-known-as.jsonld"}}